Author: Hasan Suroor

Source: The Hindu

http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/18/stories/2009031856351300.htm

The British government on Tuesday held consultations with representatives of the country’s Hindu and Muslim communities on how they can help in delivering its development goals in Third World countries, including India.

Their recommendations would form the basis of a White Paper being prepared by the Department of International...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: IRIN

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"We feel disappointed, isolated and oppressed," said Ravil Singh, a Sikh leader in Nangarhar Province, eastern Afghanistan, adding that local people "are good to us".

He spoke to IRIN about the problems facing the Sikh and Hindu minorities in Afghanistan.

"Before the war [1979] there were 16,673 Sikh and Hindu families in Kabul, Nangarhar, Ghazni, Khost, Kandahar and Helmand provinces. In the past 30 years...

Author: Matt O'Brien

Source: Contra Costa Times

http://www.contracostatimes.com/localnews/ci_11921157?source=email

The Hindu festival of Holi is always a vibrant celebration of colors, but the college students who celebrated it in Berkeley last year never intended to paint Strawberry Creek a fruit-punch hue.

Tim Pine was leading a nature restoration group last March along the banks of the much-loved waterway that courses...

Author: Nicole Lyn Pesce

Source: New York Daily News

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/03/15/2009-03-15_happy_holi_day_for_hindus_with_splash_of.html

It's the one time of the year in New York you can toss colorful powder in a stranger's face and not get a fat lip for it.

About 200 people Saturday packed the Peking, a ship docked at the South Street Seaport to celebrate Holi - the...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Hinduism Today

http://www.hinduismtoday.com/hpi/2009/3/14.shtml#2

Each year, the Holi event at Fremont Hindu Temple promises colors, music, dance, free lunch and lots of fun for all ages. This year, the joyous festival will be celebrated Sunday, March 15.

"Every year around 600-800 people play Holi in Fremont Hindu Temple," says Ajay Jain Bhutoria, chairman of the Youth Committee. "On this day, people do not...

Author: David Massey

Source: News-Journal

http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Local/newEAST01031409.htm

Bright colors, jubilation and prayer chants filled a crowded little temple on Madison Avenue this week, as local Hindu people celebrated Holi festivities under bright moonlight.

The day after the full moon in the Hindu month of Phalguna, or early March, Indian people gather together...

Author: Barbara Karkabi

Source: The Houston Chronicle

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/religion/6309820.html

Hundreds of people were covered with a rainbow of colors from India last Sunday as the Hindu community welcomed spring with its annual Holi Festival.

Even though organizers ordered four times more colored powder than last year, the powder thrown at and by festival goers still ran out by 2:45 p.m. But the partying...

Author: Ashfaque Swapan

Source: New America Media/India West

http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=5dbb57b1707ee3b07cb20c2abc5994e4

Despite virtually unanimous support in the scientific community, there is considerable public skepticism in the U.S. about Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, with 39 percent believing in the theory, according to a Gallup poll.

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Author: Bethany Bray

Source: The Andover Townsman

http://www.andovertownsman.com/homepage/local_story_070180318.html?keyword=leadpicturestory

Visitors to the Chinmaya Maruti center on Route 28 will soon be able to climb more than spiritual heights.

The Hindu worship and education center, the only Chinmaya Mission in New England, is in the middle of a $3.5 million construction project that will add...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Times of India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Hindus-Muslims-celebrate-Lucknows-Holi-Baraat/rssarticleshow/4252309.cms

Amid shouts of "Holi hai", a large number of Hindus and Muslims came together here on Wednesday for a 40-year-old practise of jointly celebrating the festival of colours in the old quarter.

Dancing to the beat of drums,...

Author: Peter Gelling

Source: The New York Times

Author: Staff Writer

Source: India Realist

http://indianrealist.wordpress.com/2009/03/08/persecution-of-hindus-in-bangladesh/

The Amsterdam-based Global Human Rights Defense is out with its annual report on human rights violations in Bangladesh. Here is the section that relates to atrocities on the hapless Hindu minority in 2008.

BACKGROUND

Until 1971 Liberation War, Hindus and Muslims worked...

Author: Lisa Fernandez

Source: Mercury News

http://www.mercurynews.com/valley/ci_11862615

It's not every day you get to breathe life into a god in a room full of others from your hometown — a mere 8,000 miles across the globe.

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime event," said Pratik Mishra, 15, who attends St. Francis High School in Mountain View. "This is a big deal."

The big deal was a cultural and consecration ceremony this weekend...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Times of India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Hindu-families-from-Pak-seek-refuge-in-India/articleshow/4239397.cms

Stating that they do not wish to return to Pakistan due to Taliban's tyranny in the tribal areas, a group 35 Hindus, nearly half of them women, from the neighbouring country have crossed over to India and asked the government to allow them to...

Author: Barbara Karkabi

Source: The Houston Chronicle

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/religion/6297468.html

Think of the Hindu Holi festival as Slumdog Millionaire goes to summer camp. It’s colorful, joyful, a little messy and a lot of fun.

The actual holiday, observed at local temples, is on Wednesday. But Sunday from 11 a.m.-4 p.m, the Hindu community invites Houstonians to celebrate the Festival of Colors 2, a...